📅 Event Calendar (Yawatahama / Nanyo Area)
Mid-October
Yawatahama Minato Festival (Autumn Festival)
Enthusiastic Teyateya Odori 📅 Around October 18th-19th annually
Throughout Yawatahama City & around Shinmachi Shopping Street
Spring ~ Autumn
Dalemain World Marmalade Awards
World Competition 📅 Annually Spring (Partial Judging) ~ Autumn (Festival)
Yawatahama Citizen's Cultural Activities Center, etc.
August・December
Hizuchi Elementary School Building Tour
Limited Public Access 📅 Tours: Annually in August, December, etc. (Official confirmation required)
Hizuchi-cho, Yawatahama City
November - December
Exquisite Mikan Orange Picking: Maana Mikan
Japan's Sweetest 📅 Mikan Season: November - December
Various farms and direct sales stores within Yawatahama City
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Autumn Festival & Tradition
Yawatahama Minato Festival (Autumn Festival)
👹 Ushi-oni, Karajishi, and thousands of 'Teyateya Odori' dancers! A city-wide autumn festival with total citizen participation, where the entire city is enveloped in festive excitement. Mikoshi (portable shrines) parade from each district, and traditional 'Itsutsu-shika Odori' (Five Deer Dance), 'Karajishi Mai' (Chinese Lion Dance), and the powerful 'Ushi-oni' (Ox Demon) appear. For the main event at night, thousands of 'Teyateya Odori' dancers fill the shopping streets.
Numerous food stalls line the shopping streets and port, bustling with energy from children to adults all day long.
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Events & Local Specialties
Dalemain World Marmalade Awards
The Japan competition of the 'Dalemain Marmalade Awards', an international event from the UK, is held in Yawatahama, the sacred land of mandarins. Enjoy the judging and awards ceremony for unique marmalades gathered from across Japan and overseas, as well as a British Fair.
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Park & Autumn Leaves
SL Exhibition and Autumn Leaves at Oji-no-Mori Park
A popular spot where you can see a real, majestically preserved steam locomotive (SL) amidst beautiful autumn foliage. It's also perfect as a playground for children, offering nostalgic photo opportunities with the retro train and autumn leaves.
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Important Cultural Property & Architecture
Hizuchi Elementary School Building Tour
A miraculous building that, despite being an active wooden elementary school, is designated as a National Important Cultural Property and a masterpiece of post-war modernist architecture. Normally, it can only be viewed from outside the premises, but public tours are held during long holidays such as summer vacation.
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Taste & Local Specialties
Exquisite Mikan Orange Picking: Maana Mikan
When you think of Yawatahama, you think of 'Mikan' oranges, a top-class brand nationwide. Exquisite mikan, grown on steep terraced fields bathed in three types of light—sunlight, reflection from the sea, and reflection from stone walls—reach their peak season. You can enjoy mikan picking at local direct sales stores and farms.
📝 Information is current as of writing. Dates, contents, and fees are subject to change.
Please check the official website before visiting.
Please check the official website before visiting.
